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Richard, George (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus
Volume 59, Number 5 (Nov. 1957)
Montgomery, Fran
Campus chronicle, pp. 12-13
Page 12
UNIVERSITY freshman as well as other students on the campus are expected to be in the national spot- light next spring when Life magazine publishes a three part series "Crisis in the Colleges." For several weeks, William Trombley and Yale Joel, Life correspondent and photo- grapher, followed freshman co-ed Peggy Growth as she joined the pattern of college activities. What the men from Life are aiming for is a picture of how Wisconsin is handling the problem of crowded conditions and increased enrollments. The answers these two come up with will be tied in with the University of the future. This will be compared with a representative junior college and a liberal arts college. Peggy was selected for her modeling when the Life staffers saw her going through registration. Then they fol- lowed her through dorm and classroom life as well as her social activities. Asked what she thought of her modeling, Peggy said: "It's a wonderful feeling and quite an honor." The Russian Line An international spotlight has been focused upon another University student, Byron Mogul, a senior majoring in Russian. Byron was one of four UW students who went to Russia this summer to attend the Moscow Youth Festival. His reaction: "Anyone who would accept this Soviet non- sense would really have to be a jackass." Mogul found the regime anxious to give a poor impres- sion of the American delegates to the Russian people. "We were presented in a poor light," Mogul explained," and heard of bad comments made about us.'" But the UW student found the people whom he met on the street friendly and very anxious to meet an American. And all of them seemed to have the same question: "How does the working man in America live?' Mogul found the Russian standard of living very low. For example, television is Ishown to the people but not available to them, he explained. They are shown these things only so that they will "work for the future."' . Memo for the future department: University of Wiscon- sin classes will start and close one week earlier beginning with the 1958-59 school year. , A story going around involved a sociology student assigned to phone a dozen homes around 9 p.m. and ask parents if they knew where their children were. He reported: "My first five calls were answered by children who had no idea where their parents were." Y' CAMP Eases Freshmen Onto Campus Brand new freshmen and upperclassmen counselors gathered at the University YMCA to begin a weekend of fellowship and information exchange at the annual freshman camp. These pictures were taken during last year's camp. 12
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